Solomon v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Indictment for incestuous adultery and fornication. ’ Before Judge Sheffield. Terrell superior court. January 16, 190.1.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
1. A woman who knowingly and wilfully consents to an act of sexual intercourse which is incestuous is an accomplice of the man, and her uncorroborated testimony is not sufficient to sustain a verdict convicting him of the offense of incestuous adultery. 1 Am. & Eng. Ene. L. (2d ed.) 390, and cases cited in note 2. See also Raiford v. State, 68 Ga. 672 ; Taylor v. State, 110 Ga. 151.
2. There being in this case the testimony of only one witness proving the corpus delicti as well as the participation of the accused in the criminal act charged in the indictment, and that witness being an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Raiford v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
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